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August 14 Deaths in History - August 14 Birthdays - August 14 Events
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August 14, 2000 John Milford, actor, dies at 70 August 14, 1999 Pee Wee Reese, American Athlete August 14, 1996 Camilla Horn, actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Matinee Idol), dies at 93 August 14, 1996 Sergiu Celibidache, conductor, dies at 84 August 14, 1996 Uzo Egonu, painter/print maker, dies at 64 August 14, 1995 Joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82 August 14, 1994 Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78 August 14, 1994 Elias Canetti, Bulgaria/British author (Nobel 1981), dies at 89 August 14, 1994 Joan Harrison, English producer/Alfred Hitchcock's sect, dies at 83 August 14, 1994 Patrick Meehan, petty Criminal, dies at 67 August 14, 1994 Tom Greenshields, sculptor, dies at 79 August 14, 1993 Francis Mankiewicz, Canad director (Lesson bons debarras), dies at 49 August 14, 1992 Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104 August 14, 1992 Flora SA Benson, U.S., wife of President Ezra Taft B of mormon church, dies August 14, 1992 John J Sirica, U.S., judge (Watergate), dies at 88 August 14, 1992 Marion P Ames, U.S., advocate/activist, dies August 14, 1992 Tony Williams, U.S., singer (Platters-Great Pretender), dies at 64 August 14, 1991 Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61 August 14, 1988 Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90 August 14, 1985 Gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86 August 14, 1984 John Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89 August 14, 1984 Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer, dies at 63 August 14, 1984 Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55 August 14, 1984 J. 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Priestley, British Writer August 14, 1982 Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58 August 14, 1981 Karl Bohm, Austria conductor, dies at 86 August 14, 1980 Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider August 14, 1978 Nicolas Bentley, British Author August 14, 1976 Werner Braunig, writer, dies August 14, 1975 Joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87 August 14, 1972 Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86 August 14, 1972 Oscar Levant, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65 August 14, 1972 Pierre Brasseur, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 66 August 14, 1971 Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59 August 14, 1970 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62 August 14, 1969 Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 August 14, 1969 Sigrid Gurie, actor (3 Faces West, Algiers), dies at 58 August 14, 1969 Leonard Woolf, British Author August 14, 1966 S J "Tip" Snooke, South Africa cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies August 14, 1965 Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and writer (Walk at Dawn), dies August 14, 1963 Clifford Odets, U.S. playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57 August 14, 1961 Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 August 14, 1961 Guido Alberto Fano, composer, dies at 86 August 14, 1961 Henri-Edouard-Prosper Breuil, priest/archaeologist, dies August 14, 1961 Learned Hand, American Judge August 14, 1958 Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65 August 14, 1958 Frederic Joliot-Curie, French nuclear physicist (Nobel 1936), dies August 14, 1958 Gladys L Presley, mom of Elvis, dies at 46 August 14, 1958 Mary Ritter Beard, American historian, dies at 82 August 14, 1956 Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58 August 14, 1956 Freiherr Constantine von Neurath, German foreign min (1932-38), dies August 14, 1956 Bertolt Brecht, German Poet August 14, 1955 Fiske Kimball, U.S. architect/art historian, dies at 66 August 14, 1951 William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills August 14, 1949 Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death August 14, 1949 Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death August 14, 1946 Susan St. James, [Susan Jane Miller], Los Angeles California, actress (Kate and Allie) August 14, 1941 Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London August 14, 1941 Milhaly Babits, Hungarians literary (Golyakalifa), dies at 57 August 14, 1938 Landon Ronald, composer/pianist, dies at 65 August 14, 1937 Sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48 August 14, 1936 Rainey Bethea, hanged, last U.S. public execution August 14, 1932 Rin Tin Tin, U.S. Hollywood-dog, dies August 14, 1928 Klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk/Rasputin), dies at 37 August 14, 1923 Jacob T Cremer, President (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76 August 14, 1922 Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies August 14, 1922 Lord Northcliffe, British Publisher August 14, 1905 Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies August 14, 1887 Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies August 14, 1884 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 August 14, 1870 David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies August 14, 1867 Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84 August 14, 1863 Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 August 14, 1858 George Combe, phrenologist, dies August 14, 1856 William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies August 14, 1844 Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies August 14, 1841 Johann F Herbart, German philosopher (General Padagogik), dies at 65 August 14, 1834 Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63 August 14, 1833 Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies August 14, 1794 George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies August 14, 1788 Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies August 14, 1785 John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies August 14, 1778 Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies August 14, 1763 Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 August 14, 1727 William Croft, composer, dies at 48 August 14, 1652 Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 August 14, 1587 Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 August 14, 1433 Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 August 14, 1167 Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies |